A Restauration ormolu-mounted mahogany center table in the manner of Sébastien Youf circa 1830

Ariane Dandois, Paris

Ariane Dandois, Paris, 2000, Catalogue, No 7.

Marble top later and now with some scuffs and scratches. With some age and construction cracks; not extensive. Mahogany veneer with some scattered fine cracks, minor infill and restorations. Refinished. Ormolu appears to have been cleaned recently. In good, restored condition.
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This center table with outward spreading columns terminating in ram’s heads recalls the work of Parisian ébéniste, Sébastien Youf (active 1819-1842).  A guéridon, stamped by Youf probably from the chateau de Fontainebleau, the column supports terminating in ram’s heads, was sold from the Estate of Giuseppe Rossi, Sotheby’s London, March 12, 1999, lot 1444 (£550,000).  This, together with another guéridon sent to Fountainebleau in 1863, was probably exhibited in the 1834 Exposition des Produits de l’Industrie Française.